topic Re: The New PC UI is Not Good in App & Features

The New PC UI is Not Good

GarlicBread110 — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:04:49 GMT

Everything is too big and it feels like we have way less space.

The previous UI had smaller text and narrower margins meaning that more information could be put on the screen in a much neater way. This version was better for PC screens which are much wider and take up more of the field of vision.

This new one looks like a mobile phone UI, pressed onto a PC screen. The title of the playlist takes up 50% of the screen and there is so much wasted space. All the other information is squished into a small space.

Re: The New PC UI is Not Good

discgolfwes — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:14:25 GMT

It's absolute trash. I'm constantly impressed how Spotify continues to make their user experience worse and worse.

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IanSzot — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:22:59 GMT

Do yourself a favor and search for "Spicetify", much better skins for Spotify PC app than whatever Spotify developers are doing. The new mobile layout is also AWFUL

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saturninesoul — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:11:52 GMT

I have a new one now where my library is, even when I pull it as big as possible, in the lower 2/3s of the left 2/3s. Far too small. I loved to scroll through my albums and pick one and now there is always the home/explore-screen on the right. how can i change this?

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saturninesoul — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:16:18 GMT

Is this seriously the new layout? This is as bis as I can make the libarary and it is overlayered by the album cover. That the **bleep**? And why are all threads on this topic closed or gone except this one?

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saturninesoul — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:33:44 GMT

I want to see my library, not just the homescreen. Why can I not get the library in the right screen?

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TyKo — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:35:45 GMT

I love Spotify. I love making playlists. This makes making playlists HARDER, not easier. Seriously thinking about unsubscribing.

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D_O_M_I_N_I_K — Sat, 06 May 2023 07:46:27 GMT

Well there is the compact layout option in the settings and it helps a bit...

However clicking on a folder hides everything else. I would rather like it to behave like it did before, that it just expands the folder.

The new UI is clearly taken from mobile and does not suit the mainline interaction on Desktop PCs.

Please give an option to revert to the old (and as I think better) UI.

Thanks!